Pumpkin carving party activities are great for a pre-Halloween party. Try pumpkin carving party activities, including jack-o'-lantern ideas and fall recipes.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

In this science fair project, kids measure how weather conditions affect how fast a puddle evaporates.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.

Lunch is always better when you share it with a wise companion This wide-eyed owl craft is a great way for your growing learner to practice cutting shapes.

Your first grader will love telling time while playing this fun game of tag! Ask Captain Midnight for the time, but watch out when his watch says "midnight"!

Practice addition with your child in a whole new way when you battle to defend your cards in this competitive game. Math has never been so fun!

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

Head out to the driveway, ball in hand, for a bouncing challenge. Then use those results to make a colorful graph that lets your child compare results.

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

This first grade science activity is great for winter! Your child will grow and observe her own amaryllis bulb, keeping a journal of her scientific findings.

Your child will "catch" snowballs with each correct math equation she can answer correctly. If she solves a problem correctly, she gets to keep the snowballs.

Does your kid have a stash of sweets left over from Halloween? Turn that pile of candy into a learning opportunity with this sorting and categorizing activity.

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.

In this hands-on craft project, kids will make an analog clock of their own, and then use it to learn how to tell time.

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

Thanksgiving placemats are a great craft for your kid, and a beautiful addition to the dinner table. Make Thanksgiving placemats with your kid for the holiday.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

This Halloween math activity book is a whole lot of fun.

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

Use empty soda bottles to create a fun bowling set that helps your first grader practice addition skills!

Gather the neighborhood children together and practice graphing with this backyard tournament!

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.

How many steps long is the hallway? Kids put their graph-making skills to work as they make a step map of their own house.

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.